Bernhard Schmierer

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Schmierer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Schmierer has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Schmierer's work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers). Bernhard Schmierer is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers). Bernhard Schmierer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Austria. Bernhard Schmierer's co-authors include Caroline S. Hill, Jussi Taipale, Sandeep K. Botla, Emma Haapaniemi, Jenna Persson, Paul A. Bates, Alexander Tournier, Teemu Kivioja, Kashyap Dave and Arttu Jolma and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Schmierer

26 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

TGFβ–SMAD signal transduction: molecular specificity and functional flexibility

2007 1.0k citations Bernhard Schmierer, Caroline S. Hill Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing induces a p53-mediated DNA damage response

2018 853 citations Emma Haapaniemi, Sandeep K. Botla et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernhard Schmierer United Kingdom	19	2.5k	482	454	323	227	28	3.1k
Ryo Matoba Japan	30	2.8k 1.1×	461 1.0×	446 1.0×	622 1.9×	170 0.7×	69	3.8k
Chul Geun Kim South Korea	28	2.4k 0.9×	431 0.9×	616 1.4×	381 1.2×	154 0.7×	120	3.1k
Arthur Gutierrez‐Hartmann United States	27	1.8k 0.7×	419 0.9×	421 0.9×	497 1.5×	179 0.8×	79	2.8k
Susana Gonzalo United States	32	3.7k 1.5×	483 1.0×	354 0.8×	405 1.3×	461 2.0×	58	4.4k
Tien Hsu United States	31	2.0k 0.8×	284 0.6×	420 0.9×	414 1.3×	361 1.6×	72	2.7k
Tomáš Valenta Switzerland	24	2.2k 0.9×	688 1.4×	450 1.0×	294 0.9×	276 1.2×	43	3.0k
Luciana Chessa Italy	28	2.1k 0.9×	693 1.4×	371 0.8×	722 2.2×	199 0.9×	75	2.7k
Frank Kuhnert United States	19	2.0k 0.8×	449 0.9×	287 0.6×	518 1.6×	249 1.1×	32	2.9k
Trond Aasen Spain	25	3.0k 1.2×	322 0.7×	292 0.6×	330 1.0×	179 0.8×	48	3.7k
Hans Teunissen Netherlands	20	3.2k 1.3×	514 1.1×	634 1.4×	240 0.7×	173 0.8×	33	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernhard Schmierer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernhard Schmierer

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Fan, Chuannan, Davy Cats, Olga Khorosjutina, et al.. (2025). SMAD3 and p300 complex scaffolding by long non-coding RNA LIMD1-AS1 promotes TGF-β-induced breast cancer cell plasticity. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(16).

Fan, Chuannan, Qian Wang, Peter H.L. Krijger, et al.. (2025). Identification of a SNAI1 enhancer RNA that drives cancer cell plasticity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2890–2890. 4 indexed citations

Dhanjal, Soniya, Fabian Schumacher, Sara Henriksson, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide identification of modulators of Chlamydia trachomatis parasitophorous vacuole stability highlights an important role for sphingolipid supply. PLoS Biology. 23(8). e3003297–e3003297.

Brøndum, Rasmus Froberg, et al.. (2024). CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screens Identify DNA Damage Response Pathways and BTK as Essential for Cisplatin Response in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Cancers. 16(13). 2437–2437. 3 indexed citations

Jiang, Long, et al.. (2020). Designing custom CRISPR libraries for hypothesis-driven drug target discovery. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 18. 2237–2246. 12 indexed citations

Miller, Daniel S. J., Bernhard Schmierer, & Caroline S. Hill. (2019). TGF-β family ligands exhibit distinct signalling dynamics that are driven by receptor localisation. Journal of Cell Science. 132(14). 32 indexed citations

Haapaniemi, Emma, Sandeep K. Botla, Jenna Persson, Bernhard Schmierer, & Jussi Taipale. (2018). CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing induces a p53-mediated DNA damage response. Nature Medicine. 24(7). 927–930. 853 indexed citations breakdown →

Schmierer, Bernhard, Sandeep K. Botla, Jilin Zhang, et al.. (2017). CRISPR/Cas9 screening using unique molecular identifiers. Molecular Systems Biology. 13(10). 945–945. 43 indexed citations

Morgunova, Ekaterina, Yimeng Yin, Arttu Jolma, et al.. (2015). Structural insights into the DNA-binding specificity of E2F family transcription factors. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10050–10050. 46 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tongli, Raquel A. Oliveira, Bernhard Schmierer, & Béla Novák. (2013). Dynamical Scenarios for Chromosome Bi-orientation. Biophysical Journal. 104(12). 2595–2606. 12 indexed citations

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Yan, Jian, Martin Enge, Thomas Whitington, et al.. (2013). Transcription Factor Binding in Human Cells Occurs in Dense Clusters Formed around Cohesin Anchor Sites. Cell. 154(4). 801–813. 268 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tongli, Bernhard Schmierer, & Béla Novák. (2011). Cell cycle commitment in budding yeast emerges from the cooperation of multiple bistable switches. Open Biology. 1(3). 110009–110009. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Ming, Wei Ge, Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury, et al.. (2010). Asparagine and Aspartate Hydroxylation of the Cytoskeletal Ankyrin Family Is Catalyzed by Factor-inhibiting Hypoxia-inducible Factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(9). 7648–7660. 58 indexed citations

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Schmierer, Bernhard, Alexander Tournier, Paul A. Bates, & Caroline S. Hill. (2008). Mathematical modeling identifies Smad nucleocytoplasmic shuttling as a dynamic signal-interpreting system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(18). 6608–6613. 151 indexed citations

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Schmierer, Bernhard & Caroline S. Hill. (2007). TGFβ–SMAD signal transduction: molecular specificity and functional flexibility. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 8(12). 970–982. 1019 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schuster, Michael, Bernhard Schmierer, Alena Shkumatava, & Karl Kuchler. (2004). Activin A and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Control Tight Junctions in Avian Granulosa Cells by Regulating Occludin Expression1. Biology of Reproduction. 70(5). 1493–1499. 45 indexed citations

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Nicolás, Francisco José, Karolien De Bosscher, Bernhard Schmierer, & Caroline S. Hill. (2004). Analysis of Smad nucleocytoplasmic shuttling in living cells. Journal of Cell Science. 117(18). 4113–4125. 110 indexed citations

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Schmierer, Bernhard, Michael Schuster, Alena Shkumatava, & Karl Kuchler. (2003). Activin and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Signaling Are Required for Long-Term Culture of Functionally Differentiated Primary Granulosa Cells from the Chicken Ovary1. Biology of Reproduction. 68(2). 620–627. 24 indexed citations

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Schmierer, Bernhard, Michael Schuster, Alena Shkumatava, & Karl Kuchler. (2003). Activin A Signaling Induces Smad2, but Not Smad3, Requiring Protein Kinase A Activity in Granulosa Cells from the Avian Ovary. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(23). 21197–21203. 23 indexed citations

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Oehler, Rudolf, Bernhard Schmierer, Maria Zellner, Rainer Prohaska, & Erich Roth. (2000). Endothelial Cells Downregulate Expression of the 70 kDa Heat Shock Protein during Hypoxia. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 274(2). 542–547. 25 indexed citations

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